October 23rd, 2012
Lunch Time
I don’t care which side of the public breast feeding fence you are on I think we can all agree that when the kid is old enough to stop halfway through his feeding and light up a cigar it’s probably time to stop. Oh and just in case there is any confusion, I’m on the side of the fence where I don’t see your kids sucking on your titty while I pick up condoms at Walmart. Too ironic for me.
California
Lunch Time,
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Get the hell over it. I’d rather see a woman nursing than poppin’ a bottle of (likely recalled) formula in a babies mouth. At least you KNOW what’s in the breastmilk. This is the problem with America.
October 23rd, 2012
Wow… Just right there in the open huh? No shame in her game what so ever.
October 23rd, 2012
What – no comment about the thing in the background with what looks like no pants? You’re slipping.
October 23rd, 2012
Thing that scares me is that someone actually got her pregnant in the first place.
October 23rd, 2012
a baby and mother doing what they are supposed to do…so what? Epic fail trying to sensationalise the most natural thing a woman is supposed to do for her child … feed it when its hungry.
October 23rd, 2012
First of all, babies need to be on either breast milk or formula until they are 1 year old. This child does not appear to be older than 1. Second, if you are bothered by seeing a child do what is natural then that is more your problem than the mother’s. Sorry that you are so offended by nudity. News flash people…boobs are actually made for breast feeding babies!! This isn’t an issue in other countries why is it an issue here?
October 23rd, 2012
what thell is wrong with you? the only thing i see wrong is you took this pic! grow up!
October 23rd, 2012
stop making breastfeeding a negative thing… educate yourself and have some respect for mothers who kno what is best for their kids
October 23rd, 2012
There is absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding. Heaven forbid she go on about her day, which includes choosing a healthy and completely natural way of feeding her child. Why should she stop running her errands. Nobody says anything about parents who leave their infants in a stroller with a bottle in their mouth proped up with blankets. Sadly those parents don’t see how unsafe that is.
I say good for her and boo you POW on this one.
October 23rd, 2012
And it’s never the ones you want to see.
October 23rd, 2012
I’m no expert in children, but I don’t think that kid is as old as he looks…us white folks seem to have kids that are bald until they’re 2…this kid is clearly Mexican and I’ve never seen a bald Mexican baby before, they usually come out with a full head of hair. Also, breastfeeding is a good form of birth control…but yeah, IDK why you just can’t throw a blanket over your kid while this is happening…
October 23rd, 2012
Ew! At first I thought that was a man until I saw what she was doing.
October 23rd, 2012
damned kids always get in the way.
October 23rd, 2012
Odd thing is that’s her grandson.
October 23rd, 2012
mas leche!
October 23rd, 2012
I have NO issue what so ever with breast feeding, but to whip it out right there in front of everyone – classless! No one wants to be subjected to her saggy tits.
What I’d like to know is if this mexican is legal and is her kid an anchor?
October 23rd, 2012
I know this woman. And breastfeeding should be allowed anywhere! It’s feeding a child, whether or not they are babies or toddlers. And really, you have a hard time seeing a mother feed her child from her boob, but no problem seeing some “hot” girl walking around with her breasts popping out of her shirt, belly showing, and a skirt that barely covers her ass? This is part of what’s wrong with America…..our morals are off. Way off.
October 23rd, 2012
indecent exposure
October 23rd, 2012
there are decent places for this to occur… like a restroom
October 23rd, 2012
OK, first time I’ve been ashamed looking at People of Walmart. She looks like a mom who has lived a hard life. She is feeding her baby. I don’t think she deserves to be ridiculed for taking care of her child.
October 23rd, 2012
Sure, it’s perfectly natural to breastfeed your child when they’re hungry. However, I do not want to see that things half-tit hanging out of that poor childs mouth. Why on earth wouldn’t you want to do this in privacy? Or, if this isn’t the most important thing going on right now and you have to be shopping around Wal-Mart, a light towel will work. Just cover up the flab and boob skin.
October 23rd, 2012
In the restroom, seriously? Is that where you go to eat? Sure, maybe she could have put a cover on, but breastfeeding is completely natural. Breasts aren’t just for your sexual pleasure.
October 23rd, 2012
Maybe you should relax RHI not all women can breast feed. I think you have a problem
October 23rd, 2012
Wal-mart offers milk in fat free, 1%, 2%, whole, and now, straight from the udder.
October 23rd, 2012
That child’s young enough to still be breastfeeding. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Up to age 5 is not unreasonable to continue, actually, as that is how long “wild” humans in hunter-gatherer tribes continue. Furthermore, if this family has nutritional deficiencies in their budget, this may be the best way for a toddler to get the nutrition he needs to outgrow his poverty. I don’t like seeing women’s breasts in public either but on the list of things I’m forced to witness it falls pretty low. Why attack breastfeeding mom’s while we ignore bullying kids, rage drivers, abusive families, litter, filth, addiction, and so much more that passes before our eyes daily? You CAN get used to the sight if you just quit caring.
October 23rd, 2012
To all you pro-breast feeders-get over yourselves. You’re so concerned with your own rights and comforts that you forget the rest of society may NOT be enamored with seeing you have a “bonding” moment in line at the check out or wherever else you choose to whip it out. I breast fed both my kids, and yes I had to do it on public several times, but because it was a personal experience i tried to keep it that way and be as discreet as possible. I say if you feel you deserve the right to do it wherever you want, then wear your big girl panties and accept the fact that those around you don’t find your engorged and saggy tits attractive in any or fashion and fail to see the “natural beauty”.
October 23rd, 2012
Newsweek or TIME magazine ran a COVER picture of a THREE year old boy, latched to his mother’s breast while he stood on a step ladder.
Apparently for some women, they aren’t too clued into the fact that once teeth sprout, breast feeding isn’t necessary anymore.
Yeah, yeah, yeah…EVERYONE gets that breast feeding is natural and NECESSARY.
What ISN’T is not having the good manners to do so in public without discretion and having your child get used to discreet means of feeding them when they need it.
And there’s also the option of EXPRESSING that milk into glass bottles and STILL having the benefits of mother’s milk without such public exposure of your mammary glands.
I mean seriously, only ANIMALS do it without any concern for privacy and discretion.
And we react this way because people with manners have a choice, and animals don’t.
October 23rd, 2012
If you need to breast feed your kid till it’s five because you’re broke should you even have a child? Also to all you pro breast feeders, for situations like this is why the breast pump was invented.
October 23rd, 2012
So, this seems to be just a frequent “hot spot” with women with babies. The issue here is NOT the breastfeeding, or not even the breastfeeding in public. It’s the issue of NOT being discreet about it.
Get off your high horses, ladies.
October 23rd, 2012
Looks like someone punched her in the face?
Oh and that kid is clearly to old to be breast feeding, have a little decorum (or at least try) and try to be a little more discrete about popping you’re tits out while people are shopping for hair ties okay, not everyone is a flaming liberal like you.
October 23rd, 2012
YO
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I got somthin you can suck
October 23rd, 2012
Allison, no way is breast feeding a good form of birth control. That is a myth that has been busted time and time again. I had two children, 14 months apart, because I though breast feeding would prevent ovulation. Not true…look it up.
October 23rd, 2012
First of all, why should she be ashamed? This is how nature intended for women to feed their children.
Infants should be breastfed until at least 1 year of age and I breastfed mine until he was almost 3.
As to the comment about breastfeeding in a restroom, next time you’re hungry you take your meal to the restroom. Specifically a Walmart restroom.
October 23rd, 2012
Yeah, the most appropriate place for anybody to eat is the restroom. Come on now
October 23rd, 2012
Wow I didn’t realize this was a sight for morals and ethics. Breastfeed all you want, where u want granny. But throw a towel over that crap!
October 23rd, 2012
You’re an idiot. A man can walk around without a shirt on but a woman can’t feed her baby in public.
October 23rd, 2012
Anchor Baby
October 23rd, 2012
Do any of you want to eat your meals with a towel over your head or in a filthy restroom? Would you rather hear the kid scream until the mom was done shopping, since leaving to feed without paying for her stuff is against the law? This mother is doing the absolutely BEST thing for her child and there’s nothing wrong with it. Some kids refuse bottles (mine does) and I can’t think of ANYONE who would want to eat in a filthy ass walmart bathroom, or eat with a hot towel over their heads. Get over yourselves and either look away or leave.
October 23rd, 2012
Oral’s getting more desperate…..
October 23rd, 2012
Get over it, there is no shame to be found in feeding your child. Both of my boys nursed until they were 3. Just because “titties” can be used in a sexual way doesn’t mean that’s all they are for and should be hidden away when used for their intended purposes. I haven’t met a single person who hasn’t used their mouth in a sexual way, but it doesn’t keep them from opening it in public, or wearing gloves on your hands which are even more guilty of being used sexually.
October 23rd, 2012
For all those opining on the Great Breastfeeding Debate. It’s People of Walmart. If you come here to get offended and upset, you are sadly misguided.
October 23rd, 2012
There are better places she could be doing that, like back in Tijuana.
October 23rd, 2012
What’s wrong with a woman breastfeeding, granted there are covers or blankets to put over the nursing baby. I’d rather see a woman breastfeeding over some of the other Wal- Creatures I have seen.
October 23rd, 2012
Big deal. I still like breastfeeding. Not sayin’ I’d do it in a Wal-Mart, but if the chick was into it….
October 23rd, 2012
It looks like she is going to drop that kid.
October 23rd, 2012
I would be glad to see this rather than the alternative — a screaming child while I am trying to shop. I breast fed my little ones and when they babies, I had to hide. I found it hard to get anything done as breast fed babies feed more often than formula fed babies. (Most of the time). I say YOU GO MOM!
October 23rd, 2012
I Have no problem with breast feeding. I have a huge problem when the mother cannot stop doing what she is doing to properly tend to her child by finding a bench to sit down on and treat the baby as her priority…not shopping and using the kid as the accessory. like everything else there is a time and place. a kid being bounced around while mom shops and is trying to eat can’t be good for the baby digestive system either. i get it. I nursed all my kids….but while in public i would sit down to tend to them correctly. they didn’t ask to be born but unless you treat yourself that way you should not treat your baby with such absent disregard. give the kid the 10 minutes he needs!!
October 23rd, 2012
what i want to know is.. what is that half naked behemoth behind her? ewww! the breast feeding isnt my issue
October 23rd, 2012
Hey Breast Nazi’s….seriously, maybe “natural” for an infant but you should cover. And the age of 2 and over…..just weird. We do not live in a third world country where this is required to survive….hit the Gerber isle please!
October 23rd, 2012
The only problem l have with it is the fact that its not a hot young thing with big juicy tits doing the feeding.
October 23rd, 2012
Yeah, and it’s perfectly natural for a guy to stop in the park or at an outdoor event and walk over and pee on a tree. Guys have been peeing on trees as long as women have been breast feeding. But nobody wants to see us do that in public, I’m sure you’ll all agree; and I wouldn’t want to, anyway.
They do make really nice fashionable nursing tops and some nice accessory shawls that do a great job and are very comfortable for the mom, the baby, and the public around them.
October 23rd, 2012
come on yall-the real issue,this child is NOT a baby,,He can probably open his own pepsi bottle.thats for the mom NOT the child…SICK..
October 23rd, 2012
Peeing is natural too so why can’t I just pee anyplace I want? Screwing is also natural, it’s what a penis and vagina are for after all, so why can’t we just do it in the street? Don’t be such barbarians.
October 23rd, 2012
I hope she remembers NOT to vote
October 23rd, 2012
I’m all for public breastfeeding and for helping women to fee comfortable to breastfeed in public, but even this is a little extreme for me. When I’m breastfeeding someday (I’m a girl), I hope strangers will respect my right to discretely breastfeed in public but I’ll also respect those strangers’ right to not want to see me breastfeed. I know its natural and all that kind of stuff, but so is taking a crap. I don’t want to see someone taking a crap in public. Maybe I’m hating on my own gender, but I think there has to be mutual respect in these cases.
October 23rd, 2012
Please stop telling me to like public breastfeeding. I do not have to like it. Nor do I care if it is natural. I should not have to see it in public. And no, I was not breastfeed, thank god but if I were, my mother would not have done it in public.
October 24th, 2012
And I repeat: there are breast pumps and there are bottles to put mother’s milk in. I was a professional nanny and that’s what mothers would leave for me to feed their infants sometimes.
That is of course, mothers who are not like animals and understand keeping something this important PRIVATE and discreet.
So don’t go into the bathroom, stores have DRESSING rooms too. There are all kinds of alternatives to breastfeeding your baby like animals do.
We wear clothes, we have opposing thumbs, and we have other means of having the benefits of breast milk without exposing yourself and your baby in this way.
Seriously NOBODY is arguing that breast milk isn’t a good thing or that a baby doesn’t need to be fed when they have to be.
We ARE saying that there are BETTER, SAFER more civilized ways of doing it than the way animals do it.
October 24th, 2012
I’m female and I find this disgusting. I don’t care if it’s natural, it should be done discreetly. I prefer my elderly father that I sometimes have to take to Wal-Mart not have to be subject to embarrassment. This is the same as those morons who won’t pull their pants up and show me their goodies too.
GET OVER YOURSELF ladies and if you just HAVE to go to Wal-Mart during a SCHEDULED feeding time, then shame on you. Maybe be a little responsible and actually have a family schedule and be prepared in life. If you can’t achieve even that, then please put down the darn hair accessories and use a blanket or nursing shirt instead of disrespecting me and raping my eyes with your gut.
October 24th, 2012
Oh Mexicans….
October 24th, 2012
Breastfeeding is natural, guess what? So is taking a shit and I don’t want to see people doing either one so cover up!
October 24th, 2012
Public (open titty display)breastfeeding is done by pigs, plain and simple. Take that to the car, or put a blanket over the whole mess. Otherwise it is just disgusting pig-like behaviour.
October 24th, 2012
This is what you call multitasking at its best! Can’t get no better than Walmart.
October 24th, 2012
“Hey mom – there’s my preschool friend Billy over there with his mom. What’s he doing?”
October 24th, 2012
Just because it’s natural and healthy, doesn’t mean everyone wants to see it.
October 24th, 2012
BTW, people, there’s nothing wrong with formula. If I didn’t have formula, I would’ve died before I reach a month old. So chill.
October 24th, 2012
Ya all r gonna hate me. I am proudly nursing my 18 month old lo. An plan do so for atleast 2 yrs as recommended by the WHO. For thos of u saying go nurse in the restroom how about u go eat in those nasty bathroom. It is her right as a mother to feed her child any darn place she wants don’t like it don’t look. I dare someone to come up an say something to me anywhere I won’t go quietly. Although granted I try to layer my clothes so my baby belly isn’t sticking out. But if my baby wants to eat he will eat.
October 24th, 2012
RD, when I tried to pump and put the milk in bottles, my daughter got nipple confused because a bottle nipple is nothing like a real one. It resulted in it being very difficult to get her to latch on to either method, and for a few days it was hard to get her to eat as much as she needed.
Katk, I don’t care how many books you have read, there is no such thing as a feeding schedule. My son spent 24 hours in the hospital when he was a couple of weeks old, and they tried to force a schedule on him. He screamed, constantly. He was hungry and they refused to bring him food. By the way, he was unable to have breast milk due to a lactose intolerance. So please no one tell me he shouldn’t have been on the bottle. Babies are hungry when they are hungry, and there’s no schedule to it.
That being said, when I had to breast feed around other people, I did put a burping cloth over my boob and my baby. Not a “bath towel” as someone said earlier.. not something too hot.. a light cloth is all it took.
October 24th, 2012
I hate seeing this. I breastfed my 4 children, but if I was out in public I would sit down on a bench somewhere and discreetly feed my baby, not let my boob stick halfway out. Also, if my belly looked like that, there’s no way in hell I’d walk around with my shirt up. There’s a fine line between being comfortable with yourself, and having no modesty whatsoever.
October 24th, 2012
To the people screaming about how she should be able to whip a tit out in public to breastfeed because it’s natural: So is pooping, peeing and having sex.
Does that mean I can take a crap in the middle of Walmart, or have some skanky out-in-the-open Walmart sex, because “It’s natural”?
October 25th, 2012
Apart from the fact that it looks slightly uncomfortable, I don’t have a problem with breastfeeding in public – but there are ways to do it in a less obvious way, so as not to “offend” people who think it is “disgusting, pig-like” behaviour. Wouldn’t want that!
Also I have to add, that the time span of breast-feeding a child varies tremendously in different cultures, so who are you to judge? In Mongolia some 6-year-olds still drink breast-milk, which is probably hard to understand for most western people, but that doesn’t make it abnormal. For them, it is the norm. Some people just can’t tolerate anything that differs from their own little world. Sad world we live in if something like this will offend people.
October 25th, 2012
@RD: Wow, so it’s better and safer to put a plastic nipple into my child’s mouth? Seriously? Even if it were so, most children who are breast-fed won’t accept the bottle from their mother, because they know there is a boob available. Obviously if mother is not there, they’re more likely to accept the bottle. But seriously, how narrow-minded can one be?
October 25th, 2012
that child is not too old to breast feed. Breast milk is way better for him than formula. Anyone who has had children knows this, or at least should if they consider the child’s needs ahead of their own. the rest of you get over it
October 25th, 2012
As an immunological scientist I am a huge advocate of breastfeeding… In fact the problem here isn’t the breastfeeding at all. Why is this woman doing it in a walmart? Running errands is one thing, but if you can find the time and energy to decide on breastfeeding than be aware that it will take time out of your day. That’s part of being a mother. Find a secluded bench or one in the middle of the store but at least use a blanket. The bacteria alone that the child is being exposed to while ingesting the mothers breast milk is cause for alarm.
So please don’t use “educate yourself” as a reason to dislike the picture. If we’re being politically correct this woman should be arrested for public indecency. Breastfeed for the benefit of your child but don’t make a show out of it.
October 25th, 2012
@Katellan: yes, I know…not all children can respond to breast feeding or the bottle in the same way or the same time. I already said that no one is arguing that a child needs to be fed when they need it.
There are some mothers that no amount of experience in childbearing or advice from other good parents, is going to make THEM good mothers.
So don’t take any cheap shots yourself about reading books. Few people are born being good mothers. THAT still takes some training and committed effort in understanding of their individual babies and their health situations.
ALL I was talking about was a clean, DISCREET way to feed your child when necessary.
That doesn’t have a thing to do with the timing of the feeding or whether it’s breast milk whatsoever.
Let’s get real.
This is about some women who don’t have the creativity or manners in which to handle their business without exposing themselves and their children like animals.
October 25th, 2012
@XJ I agree completely.
Maybe I should projectile vomit right next to where these mommies are breast feeding. Hey, don’t be mad, It’s natural. If you don’t like it, DON’T look.
You exhibitionist mommies can get the hell over yourselves. NO ONE wants to look at you.
October 25th, 2012
@TINA: I didn’t SAY the bottle was BETTER. Pay attention.
If you’re using a bottle, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I ALREADY SAID, I know and understand the need to breastfeed when the child is hungry.
I applaud breast milk, and it’s benefit.
ALL I’m criticizing, is EXPOSING yourself and your baby UNNECESSARILY.
And it IS unnecessary to breast feed indiscreetly with no sense of privacy or discretion.
I never suggested a bathroom, by the way.
But I do know that women who have BEEN discreet from the beginning with a light covering, the baby DOES get used to it and doesn’t fight it every time.
If they are big enough to fight it, perhaps they are too old to breast feed anyway.
Don’t get huffy over something I didn’t say or suggest.
I know EXACTLY what I’m talking about. The need to breast feed yes.
Doing it like an animal. No.
October 26th, 2012
so all you racist people automaticaly assuming this woman is an illegal mexican. have you all forgotten about native americans?? she could be native american and perfectly legal as a citizen born here. this is why arizonas law is bs. if you judge people by their looks it is racial profiling and wrong. it can also open you up to lawsuits
October 26th, 2012
Schedule feeding time around your shopping trips. We don’t need to see that. Attention whore.
October 26th, 2012
Women quit crying about breast feeding is natural and healthy while your cussing everyone out?! So your giving your teenager all the good things you have to offer and when they’re done they’ll cuss you out two ways till Sunday huh. Personally I don’t want to walk through any store with my 3 year old explaining what your doing while he yells “eeww put your shirt on, that’s nasty.” We teach out children morals, how to dress appropriately in public, and how to act and here you are with your breasts all over the place. Make up your mind bc your contridicting yourself.
October 27th, 2012
It’s because men think that breasts are just for them. Breasts are for babies, not for male amusement. Making breasts a “taboo” (unless it’s a slutty 18 year old girl) is just another way to oppress women and make them feel ashamed.
Here’s an idea, we’ll hide breastfeeding if you guys will cover your ugly bald heads and fat nasty beer bellies. Fair enough?
October 27th, 2012
Anybody else notice the person with the extremely low pants in the background?
October 28th, 2012
I dont care if the child is old enough still..that’s disturbing
disagree with me all you want. Thats is not something I want to see in society or my children questioning about. Id rather not see a womans breasts THANKYOU! Take it home!
October 28th, 2012
I just jacked over this lolololol….
October 29th, 2012
The fact of the matter is this child looks to me to be not much over a year. Most states have laws stating it is perfectly fine for a woman to breastfeed where ever she is. Why would she pump and put her milk in a bottle? To make people like you all more comfortable?? What about her and her child? Would you rather listen to a screaming baby? Shame on who ever took this photo and posted it. There is nothing wrong with a mother taking care of her child. If you don’t want to see a woman’s breasts then don’t look! It is none of your business. Further more to equate nurturing a child to pooping and peeing and having sex is just sick. You people have serious issues. Boobs are for feeding babies. It is sad that you would HAVE to explain that to a child. It is not taboo…The more woman that do it in public the more it will become the norm
October 30th, 2012
I’m all for breastfeeding, even in public. When a baby is hungry you feed it. This isn’t a baby. This kid looks like he’s at least 2 possibly 3 years old. He doesn’t need to be on the breast anymore than he needs to be on a bottle or a pacifier at that age. He’s also more than old enough to wait a few minutes for his food.
There are plenty of ways to discretely and publicly breast feed your child. This woman obviously doesn’t have the brains to do that.
October 30th, 2012
You ladies need to get off your high horse and stop acting people who don’t want to see a baby sucking your nipple inches away from where it was meant to be. No one is asking your to “suffocate” your kid under a blanket or force you to go to a smelly bathroom so stop being drama queens it really doesn’t make you seem like a better mother just because you bitch and moan about rights..All that is asked is to please turn your back or not let as much hang out because truth is maybe God made boobs for feeding but no one sees they like that anymore not even you before you started feeding so please shut up and learn that if you want to make everyone shut up about you feeding when out and about then don’t give them anything to say anything about.. Not that damn hard.. At least when i would breastfeed i know not everyone wanted to see my stretch mark saggy leaking boobs and the only ones who did were perverted old men who i once saw one looking and he saw that i saw him and he licked his lips.. yeahhh that does happen more then you think you just don’t always see them looking at you.. So really Stop trying to prove that your top mum and Buy a pump i don’t want to hear “my baby doesn’t like bottles” shut up its just something they get use to . rant done
October 31st, 2012
only in America is breastfeeding a controversial issue. pretty low point for humanity
October 31st, 2012
She needs to cover up! It is disgusting! I’m a woman and I don’t like showing my tits off and I sure as hell don’t want to see another woman’s pair either! I don’t care if they are “pretty” and “young” or if they are saggy, it is freaking gross! Modesty is something that should always be practiced!
Also I have worked at a daycare for 3 years and I know moms who did breast feed. But they would bring bottles of breast milk in for their child. So it isn’t impossible to get a baby use to a bottle!
Also this lady is in the freaking hair accessory aisle! There are plenty of children that go around that area! A mother should not have to explain what the other woman is doing! It doesn’t matter if it is natural or not! If you want to breastfeed in public, put a baby blanket over you! Also please wear a shirt that you can “pull down” to expose your breast so that everyone around you doesn’t have to see your belly.
Also do all the idiots point out the person in the background, that lady is fully dressed! She just has those weird colored jeans! My friend would wear jeans like that all the time!
November 2nd, 2012
Breast feeding is natural..so is sex…how do you think that kid was made?? Those boobs played a role..they are sexual and I am so sick of tree hugging hippies getting angry that exposure of boobs with a baby attached makes others uncomfortable. I don’t want to see anyones boobs while I am shopping, I don’t want my children to see them either, have some friggen respect for others around you!!! They make these amazing nursing tanks, bras, and tops where you don’t have to hike up your entire shirt. And God forbid she shows some decency and use a nursing cover or blanket.
I nursed, my boobs are for my husbands eyes only. I wouldn’t expose other women’s husbands, boyfriends and young adolescent men to my boobs. Especially other peoples young children, it’s just plain rude and I am glad I live in America and not some poor 3rd world country. GROW UP and COVER UP…you aren’t the only person in the room..have some RESPECT for others!!!!
November 2nd, 2012
The woman is multitasking.
November 6th, 2012
This is what I am talking about…I don’t CARE how natural it is..I do not want to see you flopping out your boob in public..Have some self respect and at least cover up! I don’t go around with my boobs all flopping out for the damn world to see and I damn sure don’t want to see yours!!
November 11th, 2012
i do not give a damn what anyone says, in america, land of wic, where if broke we can foodstamp shop, breast or bottle feeding should be outlawed if the child is over 1 year old!!! i breast fed all 5 of my children, bottle fed my brothers kids that i took in, they all got sippy cups for their 1st b day period!!! and breast feeding while shopping is just ghetto as all hell!! their are maternity BRAS, SHIRTS, AND RECIEVING BLANKETS!!! what happened to the shawl thingies that what seemed to be every hispanic mom owned that doubled as modesty shield, and baby carier?
no excuse to have your shiz out like that as if you are nothing more than a frikkin heiffer!!!
November 16th, 2012
No one is asking you to “like” seeing breasteeding. You don’t have to look or take a tasteless photo. You can choose to aim your gaze elsewhere. However, when you compare it to urine or feces, you’re implying that those are food. Now if you want to eat your own poop, that’s your business but I wouldn’t recommend it.
People who suggest pumping as the alternative cannot possibly possess any understanding of the logistics milk production. Short story: you have to pump every time your baby eats and it may take 2-3 pumping sessions to get an entire feedings. Women were built to nurse babies, not to make milk for a vacuum.
What you all are saying is that this mother is supposed to plan days, maybe weeks in advance for every errand to make sure she has enough for that one feeding while she’s out and still has to make sure she can carve out a solid half hour fairly soon after the baby eats to pump in place of the missed feedings. Why in the world should a woman have to go through that when she can easily nurse directly and save her a ton of trouble? Not to mention that you are inviting potential contamination by putting the milk in external containers vs by nursing directly – which is very clean for both parties.
Covering up is a personal choice for that mom. It’s not your to make. A kid that’s more than a few months old may not even tolerate having a blanket over its head anyway.
Really if this offends you, please by all means make sure you give hell to the next women you see shoving a bottle in her kid’s mouth while she shops. There’s no reason to claim that practice is ok if you’re going to say this one isn’t.
There’s nothing to “explain” to children. You tell them that mom is feeding her baby. What else is there to say?
I do not know of any other country besides the USA where public nursing is considered so unacceptable. We are so backwards on this issue.
November 30th, 2012
First of all that baby is not even a year old so you are way off on it needing to be fed…also the WHO and the CDC both recommend breastfeeding until 2 YEARS OLD! This is a completely natural thing…it annoys the hell out of me that you are going to slam someone for breast feeding and love the photos of half naked thin girl with there BOTTOM BISCUITS and BOOBS! The only thing that you could have said about this photo that wouldnt have been wrong POW is that she lifted her shirt all the way up and doesnt have a second shirt underneath!! FAIL POW
December 3rd, 2012
It is completely normal and acceptable for a mom to breastfeed a child in public, even if a little skin is showing. Grow up POWM!!
Go Mom!
January 7th, 2013
Well I think this woman feeding her child is a totally natural thing and anyone that has a problem with this has some serious issues. I’ve seen a few comments on here about using discretion when breast feeding and I looked back at the photo and I really don’t see how this lady could have been more discreet without covering the child’s head with a blanket she obviously didn’t have. Her arm is up, cradling her child, no more of her abdomen is exposed than that of other women who make the choice to expose themselves for fashion’s sake. and just a very small area of breast tissue (on the side) is exposed and no nipple at all. If this sight is so disgusting and disturbing to some of you, don’t look. She is within her right as a mother and human being to care for her child in her way, not yours. Get over your tightass selves and get a life, seriously. This picture should have never made it on to this site because the people who usually end up here are completely clueless about how to present themselves or just don’t care or do it just to get on this site. This is a mother and child and a sacred thing, so fuck off.
January 31st, 2013
This child is an infant, well under one year of age….with a full head of hair that a Native South American child would have. Someone must have been on the hunt for a photo of a breast feeding mom and infant. The amount of skin this woman is showing is nothing strange or disgusting.
What is disgusting is people who expose muffin tops, bottom biscuits, ass cracks, shat pants, too little clothing in general, because the people are not in possession of a mirror or are in complete denial of how they actually look….at any age. Still it is addicting to view on this site.
You can see this woman dresses modestly and only lifts her shirt enough to feed her baby. Continuing to shop is less likely to draw attention, than sitting and covering yourself with a blanket/hooter hider.
Someone likely followed this woman to get this photo before the baby was finished nursing. It only takes 5 minutes per side, if that.
Lucky baby to be fed when hungry. We can’t see it, but it’s possible this infant is being supported by more than one arm….note the dark fabric (sling) hanging in front of the woman and below the baby. And if not, this baby is 5 to 6 months old at most….that size could be supported with one arm.
March 3rd, 2013
This is the first time I’ve ever read through all the comments on a photo.
I’d have to agree, the child is young enough to be breastfed (not that it’s really up to anyone except the mother to decide). And I was one of those mothers whose situation was almost ruined by bottles – did NOT work for us.
I don’t even think she’s being hugely indiscreet. I must say though, that I wouldn’t have been comfortable doing this. For me personally, I preferred no one ever know what I was doing. While I was learning the ropes myself, I stayed at home or went in a private room to breastfeed. I tried it in front of a mirror so I could see what others could see. I wore a t-shirt with a slit cut in it under my outer shirt, and raised only the outer shirt and only high enough to latch on the baby (that works great for privacy, by the way). In no time at all, anytime I ever breastfed in public, everyone thought I just had a sleeping baby in my arms.
I still remember attending a nursing mom’s outing when I was a very new mother. It was my first time meeting the other moms, and one very well-endowed lady sat down in the center of the mall food court, lifted her shirt all the way to her shoulder, and popped the whole thing out with no cover at all. I guess she was comfortable with that, but to be honest, it embarrassed me. That may have been my reason for wanting to be discreet, so I suppose I’m glad to have seen it!
I don’t think the mother is doing a terrible thing. Just not something I’d be comfortable with. Once I became a real pro, I could have walked around with baby in arms or a sling and done other things while breastfeeding and no one would have known. It is possible.
March 9th, 2013
This is normal. There is nothing wrong with feeding your baby and going about your daily chores. People from all over the world and from every period of history would see this as an every day thing. I see it as an every day thing. It’s only in our artificial American culture that this seems remarkable. Get over it. God made boobs for food and fun. Our society has no problem with showing off boobs for recreational purposes. We should have even less problem showing off a little boob for nutritional puposes. This picture displays the practical side of breasts, which seems strange to our Western eyes. In the big picture, what is really strange, is our collective reaction to such an unremarkable act.
April 10th, 2013
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